About The Artist

WWW.DEREKCULLEY.COM/GOLGOTHA Self-taught artist, born and educated in Dublin. Culley was a founder member and chairman of Celtic Vision with the painters John Bellany and Denis Bowen, and participated in the group’s exhibition tour in 1986-7. He took part in many other group shows including The London Group tour 1987; Modern Irish Painting, Dillon Gallery, 1995; and Skopje Museum of Contemporary Art, Republic of Macedonia, 1996. FIS 2008/9 Liverpool. Gallery Different –London 2012/13/14. Selected “Whats the Point!” London Curated Kate Enters. Selected “MAC” Belfast Curated Carrie Neely 2014. Selected Solo shows include “Five Years of Culley” The Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin Ireland,1989, “Golgotha" Liverpool Anglican Cathedral-2011, Tamh Lacht" RUA/RED Gallery-Dublin 2011, Golgotha' Prayer Room IEC2012 Congress RDS-2012 -. Editions Limited Liverpool Independent Biennial 2014. Selected for opening Group show: The Gallery Print Centre - London 2015 Selected Brisbane Art Prize 2015. Solo exhibition in The ATKINSON Southport 2016 Lives in Southport - Merseyside.” Awards: Art Colony Galicnick residency : Macedonia 1994 BIRD2005 International Art Award –China, The Cill Rialaig Project Ireland -residency 2008, Recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 2006-2007 for artistic merit.